A casting call has gone out for Teessiders to appear in a film inspired by our industrial landscape.

For his graduation project with the Northern Film School, film student Chris Parker is directing a short movie called Hanging There.

The outside shots in the “rather strange, other worldly and distinctly Teesside” movie will feature a landscape Redcar lad Chris knows well - South Gare.

Film student Chris Parker is shooting a short film 'Hanging There' in Redcar (Image: Handout)

Chris and his crew of fellow students have already been to Teesside to film some moody shots of the South Gare and Redcar.

The interior scenes, however, will be shot in Leeds, where the film school is part of Leeds Beckett University. But to give the whole thing an authentic Teesside feel, Chris, 22, says he’d love people from our area to take part - whether as one or more of the six main characters, or as part of a crowd scene. And for the action scenes, he’s secured the services of stunt coordinator Steen Young, whose credits include Star Wars, Fantastic Beasts and The Martian.

Chris, a former student of Redcar’s Sacred Heart School and Prior Pursglove College at Guisborough, said: “I wrote it a few years ago at about the same time as the steelworks were mothballed. It was a weird time.

Film student Chris Parker is shooting a short film 'Hanging There' in Redcar (Image: Handout)

“It will be a fairly dark film but hopefully one that will resonate with people. It’s about big industry and companies, and going against that.

“It’s a film about our area - and it would be great to have people from our area involved in it.”

Auditions for the main roles - father, mother, young man, sister, grandfather and foreman - will take place at Electric Press, Leeds, on February 23 and 24, with shoot dates in Leeds and Sheffield March 7-13. Expenses will be covered. However, anyone who can’t attend auditions is also invited to get in touch via the Facebook page or email.

The final day crowd scene will involve “as many people as possible” said Chris, but it will also be in Leeds.

Film student Chris Parker is shooting a short film 'Hanging There' in Redcar (Image: Handout)

And despite a successful crowdfunding campaign, the budget is tight.

Chris said: “Unfortunately we can’t afford to come back up to Redcar and being a film school project, we can’t pay people, but the interest has been strong already. And even though it’s not paid, it’s something different to get involved in.”

Once completed, it’s proposed to give the film a university screening before taking it around festivals.